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en-usPhys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine.Wives with a 'soul mate' view of marriage are less likely to volunteer, study findsWives who have a romantic view of marriage are less likely to do volunteer work, leading their husbands to volunteer less as well. But husbands' romantic view of marriage was associated with neither their own nor their wives' volunteering, according to a Baylor University study.http://phys.org/news/2016-11-wives-soul-view-marriage-volunteer.html
Social Sciences Mon, 28 Nov 2016 15:39:54 ESTnews399569984Researchers determine relation bandgap energy of single cesium lead bromide nanocrystalsResearchers from the University of Amsterdam (UvA), in collaboration with Japanese partners, have determined the relation between the bandgap energy of single cesium lead bromide nanocrystals (CsPbBr3 NCs) and their size and shape. By studying individual NCs being either isolated or surrounded by 'neighbors', they explicitly visualized for the first time band structure modification introduced by effective coupling between semiconductor NCs upon close contact.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-bandgap-energy-cesium-bromide-nanocrystals.html
Nanomaterials Wed, 19 Oct 2016 07:20:02 ESTnews396078903Stable molecular state of photons and artificial atom discoveredResearchers at the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology, in collaboration with researchers at the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation and the Qatar Environment and Energy Research Institute have discovered qualitatively new states of a superconducting artificial atom dressed with virtual photons. The discovery was made using spectroscopic measurements on an artificial atom that is very strongly coupled to the light field inside a superconducting cavity. This result provides a new platform to investigate the interaction between light and matter at a fundamental level, helps understand quantum phase transitions and provides a route to applications of non-classical light such as Schrödinger cat states. It may contribute to the development of quantum technologies in areas such as quantum communication, quantum simulation and computation, or quantum metrology.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-stable-molecular-state-photons-artificial.html
Quantum Physics Mon, 10 Oct 2016 11:00:13 ESTnews395312733Researchers demonstrate a single laser source scheme for studying topological matter in cold-atom systems(Phys.org)—A team of researchers with members from several institutions in China has developed a new means for studying topological matter in cold-atom systems that involves using a single laser source. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes how the scheme works and outlines possible uses for it. Monika Aidelsburger with UPMC Sorbonne University offers an overview of the work done by the team in a Perspective piece in the same journal issue and offers some insight into some of the possible directions such research is going.http://phys.org/news/2016-10-laser-source-scheme-topological-cold-atom.html
General Physics Fri, 07 Oct 2016 08:30:01 ESTnews395046556Click and declick of amine and thiol coupling reaction(Phys.org)—A group of researchers from the University of Texas have developed a sequential, two-step amine and thiol coupling reaction via click chemistry using a derivative of Meldrum's acid. This reaction is reversible using what the authors term a "declick" reaction, and the original amine and thiol can be retrieved. Their work appears in Nature Chemistry.http://phys.org/news/2016-09-click-declick-amine-thiol-coupling.html
Materials Science Mon, 26 Sep 2016 09:10:02 ESTnews394086725Binge watching can improve relationships between couples who don't share friendsWatching 'box-sets' and movies together can improve relationship quality and commitment, particularly in couples who don't share friends, according to research from the University of Aberdeen.http://phys.org/news/2016-09-binge-relationships-couples-dont-friends.html
Social Sciences Wed, 14 Sep 2016 08:14:45 ESTnews393059672Relationship advice from the government doesn't help low-income couples – here's what mightStable, satisfying marriages promote physical and mental health for adults and their children. However, marriage rates in the United States have dropped over the last few decades as more couples are choosing to delay marriage or simply live together instead.http://phys.org/news/2016-08-relationship-advice-doesnt-low-income-couples.html
Social Sciences Mon, 22 Aug 2016 07:38:12 ESTnews391070270Sex and gender more important than income in determining views on division of choresFor heterosexual couples, most Americans still believe in the traditional division of household labor between husbands and wives, while for same-sex couples, they think the "more masculine" partner and the "more feminine" partner should generally be responsible for stereotypically male and female chores, respectively, suggests a new study that will be presented at the 111th Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association (ASA).http://phys.org/news/2016-08-sex-gender-important-income-views.html
Social Sciences Sun, 21 Aug 2016 02:44:06 ESTnews390966231Homosexual termite regicideTermites not only raid people's homes, but also the humble abodes of other happy termite couples.http://phys.org/news/2016-08-homosexual-termite-regicide.html
Plants & Animals Thu, 18 Aug 2016 09:26:07 ESTnews390731137Want more sex? Split the household choresCouples who share housework report a notable benefit beyond sparkling dishes and clean floors: more action in the bedroom.http://phys.org/news/2016-08-sex-household-chores.html
Social Sciences Wed, 03 Aug 2016 06:34:43 ESTnews389424597Bridging the gap between the quantum and classical worldsIn the quantum world, physicists study the tiny particles that make up our classical world - neutrons, electrons, photons - either one at a time or in small numbers because the behaviour of the particles is completely different on such a small scale. If you add to the number of particles that are being studied, eventually there will be enough particles that they no longer act quantum mechanically and must be identified as classical, just like our everyday world. But where is the line between the quantum world and the classical world? A group of scientists from Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) explored this question by showing what was thought to be a quantum phenomenon can be explained classically.http://phys.org/news/2016-08-bridging-gap-quantum-classical-worlds.html
Quantum Physics Tue, 02 Aug 2016 09:19:28 ESTnews389348352Study finds couples' division of paid and unpaid labor linked to risk of divorceA new study suggests that financial factors, including couples' overall resources and wives' ability to support themselves in the event of a divorce, are not predictive of whether marriages last. Rather, it is couples' division of labor—paid and unpaid—that is associated with the risk of divorce.http://phys.org/news/2016-07-couples-division-paid-unpaid-labor.html
Social Sciences Thu, 28 Jul 2016 00:00:01 ESTnews388836964Elderly couples are the wealthiest households in AustraliaThe wealthiest households in Australia are couples over 65, who have experienced a real increase in median net wealth of almost 70% since 2002, according to Australia's largest and most comprehensive household survey.http://phys.org/news/2016-07-elderly-couples-wealthiest-households-australia.html
Economics & Business Wed, 20 Jul 2016 07:20:02 ESTnews388216534How bad policies institutionalise economic dependency in couplesHow would you feel if, by living with your partner, you lost your financial independence and were obliged to ask him (or her) for money? What if you had children but your partner was not your children's father? This was the situation facing Nina, a 46 year old lone parent with three children I interviewed in 2013 as part of a qualitative study of partnering behaviour among 51 low-income mothers living in the North West of England. Employed part-time as a family liaison worker, Nina faced the unpalatable prospect of losing her Working Tax Credit and Housing Benefit if she started to cohabit with her new partner. In her circumstances, what would be the responsible thing to do – to throw caution to the wind by moving in together, hoping your partner would financially support you and your children? Or would you opt instead to live separately, allowing you to retain your financial independence? Like many of the low-income mothers in my research, Nina fashioned a compromise which did not entail the loss of income and control of the household finances; she delayed officially declaring her partner was living with her until she was working full-time and earning above the threshold for state financial support. Nina was not alone in challenging the indiscriminate way in which welfare rules force mothers like her into financial dependency. "[My new partner] hadn't played a part in the children's lives up to that time … so I thought it was unfair that we would be considered to be cohabiting in a way that meant he was responsible for providing for me and the children … That's not to diminish [his] relationship with [them]… [but] I don't consider him their father and nor does he, so why should he be responsible for them financially?"http://phys.org/news/2016-07-bad-policies-institutionalise-economic-couples.html
Social Sciences Mon, 18 Jul 2016 07:10:02 ESTnews388041865Diamond coupled to carbon nanotube could be used for quantum information processing(Phys.org)—By carefully placing a tiny piece of diamond within a few nanometers of a carbon nanotube, and then sending an electric current through the nanotube, researchers have designed a device that could one day form the building blocks of quantum information processing systems. In their recent study, they have shown that the electrified nanotube's mechanical vibrations couple to the magnetic (or spin) properties of defects in the diamond. This coupling allows for the quantum states of the nanotube and diamond to be transferred to each other as well as to a second diamond positioned several micrometers away.http://phys.org/news/2016-07-diamond-coupled-carbon-nanotube-quantum.html
Quantum Physics Mon, 11 Jul 2016 09:30:02 ESTnews387425682Using the 'deuterium switch' to understand how receptors work(Phys.org)—The market value for deuterated drugs has recently been estimated at over a billion dollars. Such drugs are simply molecules in which one or more hydrogen atoms are replaced with deuterium. While these kinds of manipulations are known to work wonders as far as breathing new life into aging patents, the overall therapeutic value of this medical manna can be contentious. A recent paper published in PLoS ONE seeks to explain the 'quantum nature of drug-receptor interactions' under deuteration using a combined experimental and computational approach. Although a tall order, a more comprehensive and predictive theory of receptor interactions is sorely needed. Perhaps a theory in which the molecular character of drug effects are written less into the receptor and more into the drug itself.http://phys.org/news/2016-06-deuterium-receptors.html
Biochemistry Tue, 07 Jun 2016 09:10:04 ESTnews384500833Modern family planning in IndiaAt roughly 1.3 billion people, India is the second most populous country in the world, but will likely surpass China as the most populous nation within six years, reaching 1.7 billion by 2050, according to United Nations estimates.http://phys.org/news/2016-05-modern-family-india.html
Social Sciences Wed, 11 May 2016 14:00:02 ESTnews382193179Researchers study location's role in romanceAudrey Hepburn and Gregory Peck had their holiday in Rome. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks had their meeting at the top of the Empire State Building in New York. And of course, Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman will always have Paris.http://phys.org/news/2016-04-role-romance.html
Social Sciences Tue, 26 Apr 2016 06:50:02 ESTnews380871372Shining new light on diabetes treatmentResearchers have developed a light-activated tool to show how drugs need to be adapted to combat type 2 diabetes.http://phys.org/news/2016-04-diabetes-treatment.html
Biochemistry Mon, 11 Apr 2016 08:23:17 ESTnews379581787Image: Novel spectroscopy by using aberrationsWhen life gives you lemons, make lemonade. At Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Uppsala University, researchers have done the scientific equivalent by using, rather than eliminating, flaws inherent to electron microscopy to create probes for performing novel atomic-level spectroscopy.http://phys.org/news/2016-04-image-spectroscopy-aberrations.html
Nanophysics Wed, 06 Apr 2016 07:20:35 ESTnews379146025Why some people oppose same-sex marriageWhy do opponents of same-sex marriage really oppose it? A UCLA psychology study published online today in the journal Psychological Science concludes that many people believe gay men and women are more sexually promiscuous than heterosexuals, which they may fear could threaten their own marriages and their way of life.http://phys.org/news/2016-02-people-oppose-same-sex-marriage.html
Social Sciences Fri, 26 Feb 2016 09:30:02 ESTnews375696793Who does most of the housework in multicultural Britain?The first ever nationally representative study has looked at how housework is organised by couples across different ethnic groups in Britain. It finds that Black Caribbean men have the least traditional attitudes to gender roles and get stuck into the household chores.http://phys.org/news/2016-02-housework-multicultural-britain.html
Social Sciences Tue, 09 Feb 2016 07:00:01 ESTnews374222612Tiniest spin devices becoming more stable(Phys.org)—In 2011, the research group of Roland Wiesendanger, Physics Professor at the University of Hamburg in Germany, fabricated a spin-based logic device using the spins of single atoms, a feat that represents the ultimate limits of miniaturization. In these tiny devices, all of the atoms must be precisely positioned so that their spin information can be transmitted from one atom to the next.http://phys.org/news/2016-02-tiniest-devices-stable.html
Nanophysics Wed, 03 Feb 2016 09:30:02 ESTnews373697827Study: Gay couples face pressure to marry, conform to relationship status quoSame-sex marriage is not just a right—it's also a new expectation. Unmarried same-sex couples in Canada are feeling pressure to tie the knot, according to a recent study published in the Canadian Review of Sociology that examined their experiences.http://phys.org/news/2016-01-gay-couples-pressure-conform-relationship.html
Social Sciences Thu, 28 Jan 2016 07:17:46 ESTnews373187858Controlling on-chip nano-optics by graphene nano-opto-mechanicsActive in situ control of light at the nanoscale remains a challenge in modern physics and in nanophotonics in particular. A promising approach is to take advantage of the technological maturity of nanoelectromechanical systems (NEMS) and combine the technology with on-chip optics, but the integration of such small devices with optical fields remains difficult.http://phys.org/news/2016-01-on-chip-nano-optics-graphene-nano-opto-mechanics.html
Nanomaterials Wed, 20 Jan 2016 05:46:43 ESTnews372491193No rush for same-sex weddings when compared with civil partnershipsAn Oxford University study estimates that of all same-sex couples who had formed a civil partnership in England and Wales by mid-2015, one in eight had converted their partnership to a same-sex marriage by that time.http://phys.org/news/2016-01-same-sex-civil-partnerships.html
Social Sciences Thu, 14 Jan 2016 09:40:02 ESTnews371985028Simple things the secret to success in loveSharing the simple things in life – like having a cup of coffee, gardening or renovating – are most important to couples in a long-term relationship, a Flinders University study shows.http://phys.org/news/2016-01-simple-secret-success.html
Social Sciences Fri, 08 Jan 2016 08:11:54 ESTnews371463106Physicists continue to investigate why the universe did not collapse(Phys.org)—According to the best current physics models, the universe should have collapsed shortly after inflation—the period that lasted for a fraction of a second immediately after the Big Bang.http://phys.org/news/2015-12-physicists-universe-collapse.html
General Physics Wed, 23 Dec 2015 09:30:01 ESTnews370015292Study: Words can deceive, but tone of voice cannotA new computer algorithm can predict whether you and your spouse will have an improved or worsened relationship based on the tone of voice that you use when speaking to each other with nearly 79 percent accuracy.http://phys.org/news/2015-11-words-tone-voice.html
Computer Sciences Mon, 23 Nov 2015 15:52:58 ESTnews367516363New study suggests fair division of chores leads to better sex lifeLooking for more and better sex? If you're a man, you might consider doing the dishes once in a while.http://phys.org/news/2015-11-fair-division-chores-sex-life.html
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